School of Culture and Society
Organisational unit: Faculty
Organisation profile
The School of Culture and Society continues an almost thirty-year tradition of teaching and research in cultural studies at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. At the faculty, more than one hundred scholars from disciplines such as art history, literary studies, media studies, philosophy, sociology, geography and history teach and conduct research in a total of five institutes. The faculty currently offers three majors ("Cultural Studies," "Studium Individuale", and "Digital Media") and four minors ("Philosophy," "Digital Media / Information Technology and Culture", and "Studium Individuale") at Leuphana College and four master's degrees ("Critical Studies - Arts - Theory - History", "Media and Digital Cultures", "Culture and Organization" and "Theory and History of Modernity").
Topics
Die Wissenschaftsinitiative Kulturforschung fragt nach den historischen und kulturellen Grundlagen, Praktiken und Werten der Zivilgesellschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. Aus der Perspektive der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften verbindet die Initiative zwei anwendungsorientierte Forschungsschwerpunkte (Kunst & visuelle Kultur, Medienkultur & Kommunikation) mit einem starken Kernbereich Integrativer Kulturforschung. Beteiligt sind derzeit etwa 20 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Kunst, Medien, Philosophie, Geschichte, Literatur, Soziologie, Politik, Informatik und Geographie/Raumwissenschaft.
- Academic councils, panels and committees
Stiftungsrat (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
11.2018 → 11.2023Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Stiftung Universität Hildesheim (External organisation)
Sybille Münch (Member)
2018 → 2020Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Tera Kuno e.V. (External organisation)
Laura Felicitas Sabel (Office)
06.2022 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (External organisation)
Christian Welzel (Member)
2008 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (External organisation)
Michael Koß (Member)
2018Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Universita Bocconi di Milano (External organisation)
Volker Kirchberg (Member)
01.01.2011 → 31.12.2013Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
University of Applied Arts Vienna (External organisation)
Christina Wessely (Member)
2021Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
University of Duisburg-Essen (External organisation)
Stephan Scheel (Executive member)
2021 → 2022Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
University of Duisburg-Essen (External organisation)
Stephan Scheel (Office)
2021 → 2022Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
University of Duisburg-Essen (External organisation)
Stephan Scheel (Coordinator)
2020 → 2022Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Verein engagée. politisch-philosophische Einmischungen (External organisation)
Lukas Stolz (Member)
2020 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Verein für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung e.V. (External organisation)
Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Coordinator)
11.09.2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
World Values Survey Association (External organisation)
Christian Welzel (Member)
2008 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Zentrum Paul Klee (External organisation)
Beate Söntgen (Member)
2004 → 2014Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
- Academic networks or partnerships
ak:ai Arbeitskreis Architekturinformatik (External organisation)
Ursula Kirschner (Member)
11.2003 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg (External organisation)
Sebastian Vehlken (Member)
2011 → 2013Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg (External organisation)
Sebastian Vehlken (Member)
2011 → 2013Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Alcatel-Lucent Stiftung für Kommunikationsforschung (External organisation)
Martin Warnke (Member)
2003 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
American Sociological Association (External organisation)
Volker Kirchberg (Member)
1993 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung e.V. (AFK) (External organisation)
Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Member)
2014 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e. V. (External organisation)
Laura Felicitas Sabel (Speaker) & Laura Felicitas Sabel (Member)
06.2021 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Baptist University Hong Kong (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Coordinator)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Education
Bauhaus University of Weimar (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
01.2005 → 12.2013Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Bauhaus University of Weimar (External organisation)
Sebastian Vehlken (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Berliner Institut für empirische Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (External organisation)
Serhat Karakayali (Member)
2021 → 2022Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Brokering Intercultural Exchange: Interrogating the Role of Arts and Cultural Management (External organisation)
Lisa Gaupp (Member)
08.2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Bund demokratischer Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler (External organisation)
Tanja Thomas (Member)
2005 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Centre for Integration and Migration Research e.V. (External organisation)
Serhat Karakayali (Office)
01.07.2021 → 31.12.2022Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
DATAMIG (External organisation)
Salah El-Kahil (Member)
28.09.2023 → 27.09.2027Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Tanja Thomas (Member)
2004 → 2010Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (External organisation)
Volker Kirchberg (Member)
1992 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (External organisation)
Tanja Thomas (Member)
2005 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
DFG-Forschungsinitiative Heterogenität der Universitäten Hamburg und Lüneburg 2011 (Event)
Andreas Lutter (Member)
06.2011Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
DK Program "The Sciences in Historical, Philosophical and Cultural Contexts" (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
10.2006 → 09.2009Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
European Communication Research and Education Association (External organisation)
Tanja Thomas (Member)
2008 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
European Cooperation in Science and Technology Association (External organisation)
Sascha Hölig (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
European Cooperation in Science and Technology Association (External organisation)
Steffi Hobuß (Member)
10.2012Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
European Cooperation in Science and Technology Association (External organisation)
Steffi Hobuß (Member)
15.05.2013Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
European Cooperation in Science and Technology Association (External organisation)
Sacha Kagan (Member)
09.2013 → 12.2015Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
European Sociological Association (ESA) (External organisation)
Volker Kirchberg (Chair)
2005 → 2007Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
European Sociological Association (ESA) (External organisation)
Volker Kirchberg (Executive member)
2001 → 2011Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Fachverband für Kulturmanagementforschung e.V. (External organisation)
Volker Kirchberg (Chair)
16.01.2016 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Forschungs- und Entwicklungsteam NetzwerG (Organisational unit)
Lisa Gaupp (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Forum Baukultur Lüneburg e.V. (External organisation)
Ursula Kirschner (Executive member)
2013 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Transfer
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (External organisation)
Leonie Jantzer (Chair)
2021Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
German Research Foundation (DFG) (External organisation)
Robert Stock (Speaker), Jan Müggenburg (Member), Melike Şahinol (Member), Tom Bieling (Member) & Anna-Lena Wiechern (Member)
2020 → 2023Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
GeschlechterGesellschaftsTheorien (External organisation)
Günter Burkart (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Graduiertenkolleg »Lose Verbindungen« (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
2001 → 2007Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Initiativkolleg "Sinne – Technik – Inszenierung" (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
10.2007 → 09.2010Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research